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“Celebration” of Mary Worth Strip Club edition Mary Worth has been with us longer than your grandparents. She made her debut in 1938. Mary actually started out as “Apple Mary”. It’s been around way too long, but here we are … Continue reading The Comic Strip Club (Tuesday 1/29/2019) Mary Worth Edition
It’s Manic Mania Monday! Let’s kick off the week laughing Continue reading The Avocado Comic Strip Club(Monday 1/28/2019)
Jean Grey debuted in September 1963 with the rest of the original X-Men. Since then, she has become known for two main things: dying (if temporarily), and bonding with a cosmic destroyer. But now, freed from both death and the … Continue reading Comic Reviews: X-Men Red V1, The Hate Machine
Comic Strip club for the weekend of 1/26 – 1/27 Enjoy the laughs Continue reading The Avocado Comic Strip Club (Weekend Edition)
Which part of this complete, wholesome dinner represents you best? There comes a time when the forces of personal stress, work stress, planned personal crises, unplanned personal crises, and fun things that you want to do all seem to converge … Continue reading Let’s Read A Thread In Which I Tell You That Old Magazines Will Be Back Next Week
It’s Funny Pages Friday ! Continue reading The Avocado Comic Strip Funny Pages (Friday 1/25/2019)
Guardians of the Galaxy #1 Written by – Donny Cates Art by Geoff Shaw The Final Gauntlet Part One of Six After the events of Infinity Wars, Thanos is dead and the Guardians of the Galaxy are no more. A … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Guardians of the Galaxy #1
Day 2 of our trial run for a funny papers thread Have fun Continue reading The Avocado Comic Strip Funny Pages (Thursday 1/24/2019)
Following a villainous altercation gone wrong, Fred Myers, a.k.a. Boomerang, sees an opportunity to get the law off his back for good by declaring himself a newly reformed superhero! But going straight isn’t easy when you still owe a debt … Continue reading THE SUPERIOR FRIENDS OF SPIDER-MAN #7
Here’s the place to talk about the comics you picked up this week, and anything else you might be reading! Don’t forget to step on over to the Comic Book Chat, hosted by the Spectacular MrSplendiferous! Continue reading Weekly Comics Thread 23-JAN-2019
Good morning and welcome to Comic Book Chat! Today’s discussion – Your favorite issue of What if? In December, we discussed our favorite Elseworlds series and miniseries. We are diving into the alternate realities of the Marvel Universe this time … Continue reading Comic Book Chat – Favorite Issue of What If?
Welcome to the first ever Comic strip page This is a trial run, testing the waters. If it’s a hit, I’ll try make it a daily feature. I know we post comic strips all the time in the OT. I … Continue reading The Inaugural Avocado Comic Strip Thread
Welcome to the Book Nook! This is the weekly thread for Avocados to discuss books we’re currently reading, recommendations, genre, and serious literary criticism. This week’s recommended discussion: problematic favorites. Do you still love books that were written during a … Continue reading The Book Nook
Detective Comics #996 Written by Peter J Tomasi Art by Doug Mahnke Mythology Part Three – See Paris and Die! Batman has beaten the inmates of Arkham Asylum and leaves without any information on the recent attacks of his inner … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Detective Comics #996
Hey there. I have some more for you all to enjoy, if you are so inclined. These one are inspired by some of you, I guess. I’m aware of the lack of #105. I’ll find it and add it later … Continue reading Gougagna’s Continuing Thing of Comics
Children, before the invention of the Internet there was a problem that we didn’t know was a problem: being able to learn who That Guy In That Movie was instantly, and trying to figure out The Lady From The Show … Continue reading Let’s Read Teen World, October 1972!
Starman #1 Written by Roger Stern Art by Tom Lyle “Grassroots Hero” In outer space, satellite Stellaron 5 absorbs radiation from the outer reaches, beaming this cosmic energy to a dish atop a building in Utah. Below in a secret … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Starman #1 (October 1988)
Here’s the place to talk about the comics you picked up this week, and anything else you might be reading! Don’t forget to step on over to the Comic Book Chat, hosted by the Spectacular MrSplendiferous! Continue reading Weekly Comics Thread 16-JAN-2019
Good morning and welcome to another edition of the Comic Book Chat. Today’s discussion – Favorite Comic Book Video Game Growing up, if my time wasn’t spent at the local Waldenbooks perusing the spinner rack for new comics, I was … Continue reading Comic Book Chat- Favorite Comic Book Video Game
Welcome to the Book Nook! This is the weekly thread for Avocados to discuss books we’re currently reading, recommendations, genre, and serious literary criticism. This week’s recommended discussion: narrators with no name. It’s an interesting device, and can invite universality … Continue reading The Book Nook
Canadian Homes and Gardens! Like Better Homes and Gardens, but Canadian! Actually, they were an entirely independently conceived magazine that ran from 1925 to 1962 by Canadian media conglomerate McLean-Hunter. From 1962 to 1978, the magazine was known as Canadian … Continue reading Let’s Read Canadian Homes and Gardens, August 1956!
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